NHTSA Campaign 18V662000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) · Reported Sep 27, 2018 · 57,095 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2014 Honda Ridgeline vehicles nationwide. Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2012 Acura RL, 2011 Honda Element and 2011-2013 Ridgeline vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Lastly, if not included above, Honda is recalling certain 2010-2011 Honda Element, 2010-2012 Acura RL and 2010-2013 Ridgeline vehicles in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag air bag inflators assembled as part of the frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment (such as after a vehicle crash necessitating replacement of the original air bags), may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.

Consequence

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are H2H and S2I.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
ACURA RL 2010 57,095
ACURA RL 2011 57,095
ACURA RL 2012 57,095
HONDA ELEMENT 2010 57,095
HONDA ELEMENT 2011 57,095
HONDA RIDGELINE 2010 57,095
HONDA RIDGELINE 2011 57,095
HONDA RIDGELINE 2012 57,095
HONDA RIDGELINE 2013 57,095
HONDA RIDGELINE 2014 57,095

Source: NHTSA Campaign 18V662000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.